Major Earthquakes since 2000:
(selected timeline of earthquakes around the world with death tolls exceeding 100)
June 4, 2000 - A magnitude 7.9 earthquake strikes southern Sumatra, Indonesia, killing an estimated 103 people.
January 13, 2001 - A magnitude …

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In recent years, the use of large scale seismic risk assessment has become increasingly popular to evaluate …

The German E&P company DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG donates 25,000 Euros to support the relief efforts in the affected areas of Mexico. The consequences of the heavy earthquakes that struck the country in September are extremely severe. Many people have …

Rabat – In 2018 the Maghreb does not look good at all and the hopes of its people to achieve change for democracy, good governance, accountability and rule of law are dashed away. There is more of the same as in the past with the hope for a better …

Jack is a small white dog who lives in Mexico City and has been missing since a magnitude 7.1 earthquake startled both humans and their pets when it struck. "I got lost in the earthquake!!!" a sign with his picture taped to a tree exclaims. …

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First responders carry a victim out of the disaster zone following the earthquake in Nepal in April 2015
Earthquakes have claimed millions of lives in the last 100 years, and improvements in technology have only …

Vicki Wheaton, an editor and writer at the Compass, was the first member of our staff to detect Tuesday night’s earthquake. “Everybody feel that tremor?” she asked newsroom colleagues via WhatsApp shortly before 10 p.m. Norma Connolly, managing editor of …

Rescue crews who arrived at the scene with sniffer dogs are still trying to establish if there are other people trapped in the rubble of the building that used to house Patras’ port authority.
Yiannis Makkas, an eye-witness whose office is across the old …

Rabat – A tremor registering 4.5 on the Richter scale occurred in the province of Figuig early Wednesday morning.
The National Institute of Geophysics said that the tremor was recorded at 4:27 a.m. The centre of the quake was located at Maatarka, a rural …

Román Escolano, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), the bank of the European Union, is on an official visit to Algeria from 12-14 July to sign a new cooperation agreement with the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria and meet several …

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First responders carry a victim out of the disaster zone following the earthquake in Nepal in April 2015
Earthquakes have claimed millions of lives in the last 100 years, and improvements in technology have only …

22 Feb 2017 - 11:22
Recent Earthquakes Near Tunisia / National Geographic World Map.
Tunis: An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale struck west of Tunisia on Tuesday.
According to a statement by the National Meteorological Institute of …

Rabat – A “Geopolitical-Economic Earthquake” is how Algerian media outlet El Watan has described Morocco’s recent request to join the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
The El Watan article, entitled “Algeria, The Motionless Shadow That …

ANOTHER earthquake off the coast of Melilla reaching at least 5.1 on the Richter scale has been recorded, although as yet the extent of any damage or injuries is not known.
The quake struck at 03.46hrs in the Alborán sea, said by the National Geographical …

ALGIERS, Feb 12 (KUNA) -- A 3.1 magnitude quake on the Richter scale was recorded in Blida, 45 kilometer west of the Algerian capital on Friday.
A statement by the Centre for Research in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Geophysics (CRAAG) said the quake did …

TWO further earthquakes in the Alborán sea between Morocco and southern Spain have caused houses to collapse in Melilla and left 26 people injured.
The quakes were felt in the provinces of Granada, Málaga, Sevilla and Jaén and the full impact was felt in …

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BISKRA-The 5.0 magnitude quake which hit Friday the province of Biskra, has not caused "any human or material damage," said the Civil Protection.
The tremor caused panic among the …

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Washington Prime Group Inc. (NYSE:WPG) today reported financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 that reflect continued progress of the execution of the …

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